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Kummerspeck is German for the weight gained during emotional eating.
This vaguely translates to ‘grief bacon’.

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SEARS once sold houses.
SEARS once offered kit houses that you would have to assemble yourself. The original instruction manual was 75 pages long. This was much before every city and state in the U.S had Walmart.

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An encrypted monument stands outside of the CIA headquarters in Virginia.
This monument was created by artist Jim Sanborn and features four inscriptions. Three of four of the inscriptions have been cracked already. However, no one seems to be able to crack the final code to this day.

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Cold water is just as cleansing as hot water.
Modern detergents allow clothes to be clean equally with either warm or cold water. The only difference between the two is that warm water requires more energy used.

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Tap water in Manhattan is not Kosher.
Very small crustaceans have been found in the tap water within New York City. Automatically, this cannot be considered kosher water.

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A park ranger from the U.S was once hit by lightning 7 times.

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Bottled water has an expiration date.
To be more precise, the expiration date is for the bottle itself, and not the water. This is because, over time, the plastic will start leaking into the water.

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The Baseball Hall of Fame had a secret inductee.
In 1988, a surreptitious addition to the Baseball Hall of Fame was made without anyone knowing. A bar owner visiting the hall slipped a photo of his father in a baseball cap into one of the glass cases. This photo remained in the hall for over 6 years before being discovered.

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The most successful predator is a wild dog.
According to research, canines have an 85% success rate when hunting. This is higher than that of a lion or cheetah. A lion only has a 17-19% success rate.

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One species of ants can only be found in Manhattan, New York.
Biologists discovered a new ant species between 63rd and 76th street in Broadway. This ant species was found to have a higher concentration of carbon in their bodies which was linked to a high corn-syrup diet.